Sunday, April 10, 2011

Muddy Waters - Electric Mud (1968 us, brilliant psych blues)

Muddy Waters to some people is the king of blues.He had many great albums, Including but not limited to:
I'm Ready, Fathers and Sons, The Real folk Blues, and Hard Again.

I think Electric Mud should be among these. When it came out though, music critics and blues purists alike did not enjoy listening to it. Muddy Waters himself hated the album. I assume they thought it took away from real blues and essential Muddy Waters 'sound', it seemed more or less like he was changing with the times to keep getting revenue from his music career.

But in some ways this album makes the 'blues' easier for newcomers to understand.Therefore giving them the desire to search out other blues artists and get tangled up in this wonderful genre and lifestyle.

'I just want to make love to you' is a wonderful song full of Pete Cosey and Phil Upchurch's excellent guitar work that is superbly put together. I do think it would be a little better if the tempo were slowed down. But that is only my personal opinion.